Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-09
State AFFAIRS.
Lively Discussion in the House on Co.
Operative Stores--The Senate
Turned Into a Courtroom.
Funds Paid Into the Treasury-The
Governor TO Hold His First Public
Reception TO-MOrrow Night.
Surrender Their Oonvicts-Doings
of the Odd Fellows
UNLAWFUL ENCLOSURE ACT.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Feb. SIN the House
the substitute bill amending House bill
No. 4G, making it felony of not less than
one nor more than five years to inclose
the land of another or the public school
lands without consent, passed to eneross-
ment to-day. This bill reaches corpora
lions and makes them amenable when the
land is inclosed by their authority, and
every man managing or controlling for
corr orations.
COOPERATIVE STORES.
There was lively discussion in the
House this morning overa motion to re-
consider Mr.. GrOce's amendment to the
agricultural and horticultural bill so as
to include the privilege of incorporating
cooperative stores by the farmers to sell
their own produce and buy their own sup
plies. The motion to reconsider was
made by Mr.. Smith of Travis for the pur-
pose of limiting the amount of capital
stock to S20, 900, and to limit the amount
of stock allowed each investor to $500
Messrs. Bell OF Cooke, Groce, Johnson
and Moore of Travis took prominence in
the debate and grew both warm and elo-
quent.
AN ACT TO REPEAL ARTICLE 6S5.
The legal acumen of the Senate found
utterances this morning in the able argu-
ments of Senators Bell of Hamilton,
Pope, Lane, Terrell, Houston, Abercom-
bic, Douglass of Jefferson, Camp and
Field, over the Introduction of Senator
Bells act to repeal article GS5 of the
. ri Tni nal Indo of prnnaInra mi Lbn
reversal Of judgment on appeals, when
the provisions of the right of the preced-
ing article are disregarded. This was
che of the most interesting legal discus
sioDs of the session, and gave the Senate
chamber, for the time, the air of q court
room.
DEATH OF UPTON.
During the discussion OF an amendment
making Imprisonment a part of the
penalty for unlawfully carrying arms, the
Senate received notice from the House Of
the death of ex-member William F.
Upton of Fayette county, ard immedi-
ately adjourned out of respect to his
memory.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Comptroller Mccall received a letter
from D. S. Sullivan in connection with
the c. A. Lilly fraudulent drummer's
certificate, in which he says that ne will
be in Austin on the goth of this month
to see if there is not some way of reach
ing the party who practiced the fraud by
which he became loser.
A chatter WAS filed in the Secretary of
States Office this morning by the Con-
tales Waterworks Company, capital
stock $4,000; incorporators, Charles
Breaches, R. II. Walker, J. NJ. Walker and
f. S. Walker.
About 100000 has been paid into the
office to-day, $4,000 coun-
ty, $4,000 school and the bala nee in
ternal revenue.
The Governor to-day issued a pardo
to Campbell Perkins for his unexpired
term in the penitentiary for the theft of
cattle from Coryell county.
Mejor Waldo was before the railroad
commission this evening and gave testi- |
mony concerning the Texas roads.
Governor Ross received q petition this |
from the people of Sabine Pass, !
asking that necessary measures be taken
10 compel the Sabine Pass and East /
'e-establish and operate the road as they |
lid before the overflow.
The committee to investigate the Judge !
Willis case this evening agreed to post
bone further action until the return of
AttorneyGeneral Hogg, who came in on
he south bound train tonight. The
committee will meet tomorrow at
o'clock.
The first public reception of Governor
Ross will De given at the executive man
ion Thursday the 10th. The members
If both houses, the departments and the
itizens generally are invited.
1t is probable that the different COM
n ,ttees appointed to visit the schools,
sylums and penitentiaries will depart on
heir missions tomorrow. 1t is thought
hot this will leave the Senate with
'ut quorum to do business, as they are
lready reduced to near the requisite
lumber by reasons of sickness and alb
ence of Senators.
CITY CHARTER.
1t is rumored that some of the citizens
# Austin are dissatisfied with the present
ity charter. In those provisions relat-
ng to street crossings it is claimed to be
effective, and there are indications that
n effort Will be made to have It amended.
SURRENDER OF THE CONVICTS.
The capitol contractor has notified the
apitol commissioner that by the 18th of
iarch he will have completed the stone
nd granite work, and will be ready to
urrender to the state the $50 c0nVicts he
as been working in the Burnet and Dat
lanville quarries.
COLoRED DELEGATION.
The Rev. A. Grant, ]. J. Hamilton,
lev. Samuel Gales, Rev. C. II. Anderson,
nd Professor Blsckshear visitei Gov
rnor Ross relative to matters of legisla-
ion touching the welfare Of the c0lored
eople. The Governor entertsiOed them
nth his views relative 10 the propriety of
ssylums for the blind, deaf
nd dumb persons of their race, to be
by board OF colored men for
irectors.
GREER COUNTY QUESTION.
From report of G. R. Freeman, one of
be boundary commissioners to inquire
ito the status of the Greer county ques-
ion, it will appear that Texas has right
not nnJv Greer countv lint also mart